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LAFFONT, Saturnin Louis Edouard (SOCTRANG), Resident; Administra- tor, 1st class; b. Aug. 19, 1853.

Joined Indo-China Civil Service,

..Jan. 1, 1881; Administrator, 4th

.class, Jan. 1, 1881; Administrator,

3rd class, Jan. 1, 1886; Administra- tor, 2nd class, Aug. 1, 1889; Adminis trator, 1st class, Sept. 1, 1898;

Decoration: Officier d'Académie.

Address: Soctrang, Province of Soctrang, Cochin-China.

LAGRANGE, Charles Auguste (Ha-

NOI), Resident; Administrator,

2nd class; b. Nov. 15, 1851. Joined Indo-China Civil Service, May 9, 1882; Administrator, 4th class, Aug. 1, 1889; Administrator, 3rd class, Jan. 1, 1893; Administrator,

2nd class, Jan. 1, 1899. Address:

Hanoi, Indo-China.

LAGUARIGUE DE SURVILLIERS,

Colonel Louis F. E. (HANO1), Com-

mandant le 5e Régiment d'Artillerie. Decoration: Officier de la Légion d'Honneur. Address: Hanoi, Tonkin, Indo-China.

LAIDLAW, George Muir (LOWER

PERAK), M.A.; Federated Malay States Civil Seavice; b. Nov. 30, 1878. Educ.: Cambridge Univer sity. Cadet, Perak, 1901; Settle-

L

ments Officer, Tanjong Malim, 1902; acting assistant District

Officer, Lower Perak, 1993. Ad- dress: Lower Perak, Federated Malay States.

LAKE, Rev. John (CANTON), Minister and Missionary; b. June, 11, 1870. Educ. Citadel, Charleston, S.C.; Columbia Theological Seminary, etc. Became a page in the Carolina State Legislature at age of 9; won State Military Academy Scholar- ship in 1887; in connection with

Y.M.C.A. has been President, General Secretary, State Secretary, and edited Y.M.C.A. newspapers in various states; organised Euro- pean Y.M.C.A. in Canton. Publica- tions: Various Y.M.C.A. pamphlets and contributions to numerous journals. Club: Canton Rowing.

Address: 144 Shameen, Canton.

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LAMBERT, John (HONGKONG), R.N.R.,

American Sy. Nav. Eng.; Surveyor to Lloyds' Register; b. Durham, Aug. 19, 1862, s. of Dr. W. O. Lam-

bert, M.D., L.R.C.P., London. Educ.: Royal Kepier Grammar School, Houghton-le- Spring. R.N.R., 1889; arrived Hongkong, 1896; Superintendent, Cosmopolitan Docks; later same position, Kow- loon Docks; joined Lloyds, 1904.

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